Reenforced display and shipping case



M. L. WEBSTER REENFORCED DISPLAY AND SHiPPING CASE Fag. 1.

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Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

MELVIN wnnsrnn, or INDEPENDENCE, IOWA;

PATENT OFFICE.

REENFOBCED DISPLAY AND SHIPPING CASEL' Application filed December 11,1924. Serial No. 755,269.

My invention relates to improvements in reeni orced display and shippingcases, and the object or" my improvement is to supply a case ha-vinganopen top and a stepped bottom, for the display of packets of seed orother merchandise, and in which the parts of the case are made up ofapposed compartments fitted together between side walls, to thusstrengthen the case against both transverse and longitudinal strains sothat in use for displaying goods, or while being transported, the casewill have a mar:- imum of resistance consistent with its weight.

This invention also constitutes an improvement upon my steppedcompartment case, patented to me by United States Patent No. 1,460,185,issued June 26, 1923.

The above object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed r case. Fig. 2 is a vertical section from front to rear ofsaid case, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the compartmentdevices as separated from the case. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectivelyplans or views of constituent parts of the case compartments developedon a plane before bending and assembling into united structures, and inwhich the dotted lines indicate lines of bending.

The case and its compartments shown are merely illustrative of theinvention, as all may be considerably varied in shape, dimensions andotherwise without departing from my invention.

The side walls of the case shown atlhave' apart by means of a swingingflap 10 hinged at 11 to the sloped or stepped bottompf the case. Thisfeature isshown in my sa1d patent, hence will not be mentioned furtherhere.

The side walls 12, as also the compartments may be constructed fromfiber hearth whether solid or as shown, of cellular or corrugatedmaterial, being both light and inexpensive for the uses thereof.

The case has any desired or similar compartments arranged-and assembledtogether in stepped relation. Each compartment has a low front ledge orwall 3, a higher rear wall 6, like side walls 5 and. 7 with top edgessloped to conform to the abutting parts of the inclined top edges of thewall parts 12, and a bottom 4. The uppermost and rearmostcompartment issimilarly constructed with a angles of the wall parts 12.

These compartments may be apposed to lit together in a stepped relationbetween and fitting said side walls 12 as shown, and abutting edges maybe sealed or connected together by means of sealing strips as at 12 and13. To provide separating means between the side walls of eachcompartment, all the front and rear walls thereof may be apertured at 14in line to receive a cord 15 therethrough, so placed as to divide thecompartments fractionally, so that packets of different kinds of seedsmay be kept separate therein.

While the compartments may have its walls and bottom joined in anysuitable or convenient manner, I have shown in Figs. 4 t0 6 inclusiveblank parts out appropriately to be bent along the dotted lines bycreasing, to be assembled to make a compartment shown in Fig. 3. Thearrangement of these parts is obvious. The parts 6 (or 8) provide thebacks, the parts 5 and 7 (or 9) the ends, and the part 8 the "front ofeach compartment, the parts 4 being the bottoms, with the abutting edgessealed by sealing strips. In this manner the ends and partitions of thecase are doubled, so that this reenforcing makes the case very strong.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is: I

A shipping and display case, composed of spaced side walls and aplurality of open topped receptacles secured therebetween in higher rearwall 8 which extends upwardly to the upper rear stepped relation, eachreceptacle being coin posed of two plates, one plate furnishing arelatively high rear Wall with a shaped and bent end tab to serve as aside closure, and the other plate bent longitudinally to {up nish arelatively low front Wall and a bottom part, said front Wall part havinga shaped and bent end tab to serve as a side closure opposite thefirst-mentioned side closure tab, said side closure tabs being securedto said side Walls and the abut-ting front and rear Walls of thereceptacles being secured together.

In testimony whereof I at'fix my signature.

MELVIN L. WEBSTER.

